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Yesterday | WSLS-TV Roanoke

Gov. Kaine calls for better healthcare at Wise Co. remote clinic

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said today it is an embarrassment that some people needed to stand in line for basic health care in the United States.

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

The Daily Times

Guide to 2nd Saturday locations and events

Summer is here and the evenings are perfect for exploring the arts on Chincoteague Island.

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Related Topix: Chincoteague Island, VA, Chincoteague, VA, Painting, Arts, Watches

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Newswise

UVA Health System Preparing for 9th Annual Remote Area Clinic in Wise, VA

A record 200 volunteers from the University of Virginia will travel to the Kentucky-Virginia Fairgrounds to work at the ninth annual Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise, VA from July 25-27. During its thirty ...

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Related Topix: Nursing

TriCities.com

UVa-Wise to Build $30 Million Convocation Center

WISE, Va. - A $30 million convocation center will be built at The University of Virginia's College at Wise, college officials announced today.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Cybergrass

The Grascals Headline Annual Dock Boggs and Kate Peters Sturgill Festival

Announcement : The Grascals Headline Annual Dock Boggs and Kate Peters Sturgill Festival BMNN wrote: on Jul.

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Appalachia, VA, Norton, VA, B.I.G., Ska

Mon Jul 07, 2008

The Daily News-Record

Closer To Home, Blessed Sacrament Finds Needs

People who attend Fred LaSpina's church cheerfully support the congregation's missions in Haiti.

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Appalachia, VA

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Stafford County Sun

Protest of power plant leads to 12 arrests

On the day Dominion Virginia Power began construction of a coal-fired power plant in Southwest Virginia, 12 people were arrested in Richmond for protesting the plant.

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Related Topix: Dominion Resources, Energy, Wise County, VA, Appalachia, VA, Environmental Law, Law

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Roanoke Times

Live music events from Roanoke to Floyd - roanoke.com

Cost: Free Contact: 381-2922 Bluegrass Jam Cost: Free Contact: 731-0276 Old-Time Jam When: 7 p.m. Cost: Free Contact: 726-3079 TO DINE BY Gillie's Restaurant Summer Stage with Maggie Clifford BAR MUSIC Awful ...

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Related Topix: Blue Ridge, VA, Martinsville, VA, Roanoke Metro, Roanoke, VA, Salem, VA, Music, Entertainment

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Virginia Business

Wise plant approved, but emission levels reduced

The state Air Pollution Control Board unanimously approved air permits for Dominion Virginia Power's 585-megawatt coal-fired plant in Wise County Wednesday evening, but cut its permissible sulfur dioxide ...

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Bremo-Bluff, VA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WSLS

13 arrested in protest over Wise Co. power plant

Thirteen people were arrested today for blockading the entrance to Dominion Resources' corporate headquarters to protest the company's plan for a new coal-fired power plant in Southwest Virginia.

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Appalachia, VA, Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

It's Getting Hot In Here

Winning and Losing in Wise Co., Va

For the last year in Virginia we have been fighting tooth and nail against a new coal fired power plant in Wise Co., Va , one of the few coal producing counties in this state, and a place where King Coal still ...

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Blog News, Wise County, VA, Environmental Law, Law, Appalachia, VA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

From On High

Jobs. Jobs. Jobs.

Wise County is one step closer to having a modicum of economic prosperity handed to it: A Virginia regulatory board yesterday approved key permits for a new coal-fired electric plant in the state's southwest ...

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Related Topix: St. Paul, VA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Roanoke Times

Va. board to rule on Wise Co. coal plant

Special to The Virginian-Pilot Environmentalists say mining methods that use dynamite to clear trees and rocks to reach coal on mountaintops, such as this one in Wise County, Va., are ecologically dangerous.

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Related Topix: St. Paul, VA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Roanoke Times

The Balladeer

Moore holds a record of "Dad, Sister and Mother Are Gone," which was written by his wife.

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Related Topix: Appalachia, VA, Ferrum, VA

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Times-News Online

Virginia tourism groups offer training in customer service

The Virginia Tourism Corp., the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority and the Wise County Tourism Committee will host free customer service training at 2 p.m. on June 18 at the Wise County Education Center, ...

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Related Topix: Appalachia, VA, Wise County, VA, Virginia, Galax, VA, Duffield, VA

Fri May 30, 2008

Times-News Online

Seat belts save lives of Norton couple involved in car crash

When a Virginia State Police trooper discusses with a motorist the need to buckle up, usually the conversation carries the tone of a lecture and is accompanied by a ticket.

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Related Topix: Norton, VA, Wise County, VA

Wed May 28, 2008

The Times-Herald

Tom Miller served in Navy, Army and Air Force

The war was over and the Allied occupation was building, but peace hadn't settled completely over the nation of Japan when Tom Miller sailed into Nagoya aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Newman K. Perry.

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Related Topix: Newport News, VA

Mon May 26, 2008

The Free Lance-Star

Dominion Power comes clean to Wise County

Sarah Rispin's letter [" Dominion's plans for Wise aren't green ," May 13] about Dominion's proposed Virginia City Energy Center in Southwest Virginia falls far short of telling the complete story.

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Related Topix: Wise County, VA, Department of Energy

Sat May 24, 2008

Times-News Online

VCEDA approves $1.2M for Wise Inn's restoration

Brad Price sprints to the finish! Brad Price is having himself a great year of bicycle racing in the Masters Men 30-39 field.

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Thu May 22, 2008

Roanoke Times

Headline goes here please - roanoke.com

Readin goes here and here and here 4 decks please. Art Events Altered Art Gallery Show A showing of works by the members of the Hollins Altered Art Group.

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Related Topix: Hollins, VA, Arts, Sculpting, Lynchburg, VA, Moneta, VA, Entertainment

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